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J. N. VALLEY. ELEVATED RAILWAY.

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Patentgd Oct. 10, 1893.

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ELEVATED RAILWAY.

No. 506,570. Patented Oct. 1893.

lNVENTOR WITNESSES.

ATTORNEYS.

. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

. JOHN N. VALLEY, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

E LEVATE D RAILWAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 506,570, dated October10, I893. Application filed March 29, 1893. Serial No. 468,154. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN N.VALLEY, of Jersey City, in the county ofHudson and State of NcwJersey, have invented a new and Improved ElevatedRailway, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention has for its Object to provide an improved travelingcarriage or hanger, suitable for suspending any desired form of car,whereby the derailment of the car will be positively prevented.

A further objectis to provide an improved track and support for thesame.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofparts, as hereinafter particularly described and defined in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a section of a railway embodying myimprovements, and representing a passenger car thereon suspended by myimproved carriages or hangers. Fig. 2 is a side view of one of the carriages and a portion of the track, the brake shown in Fig. 1 beingomitted, as it forms no part of the present invention. Fig. 3 is an endview of such'carriage, the track being shown in transverse section. Fig.at is a plan view of the carriage with a portion of the track insection; and Fig. 5 is an enlarged transverse sectional elevation of thetrack.

'In constructing a railway in accordance with my invention, the track Ais secured to girders B by straps A, or the like, the girders beingclamped, or bolted, as hereinafter described, to supporting posts 0,which are preferably inclined toward each other.

The track A comprises the I-beam ct, and the rails a which are securedto' the lower head of the I-beam. The said rails are T- shaped in crosssection, the stem or web of the T lying horizontally on the lowerflanges of the I-beam at each side of the latter, the head of the Tbeing disposed vertically. As

best seen in Figs. 3 and 5, the railsa are secured in place by means oftransverse keeper bars a which extend through openings a iu the web ofthe I-beam, bolts a, serving to complete the connection, the bolts beingpassed through the keeper bars 0?, the horizontal member of thoT rails01/ and thelower head or flanges of the I beams a. Thus a the rails isdistributed.

The improved carriages or hangers comprise the frame D, the suspensionwheels E, and the safety wheels F, the construction and arrangement ofwhich are as follows:The carriage has four standards (1 of U-shape inhorizontal section, there being two such standards at each side of thecarriage, the whole being united at the bottom by a band d, extendingaround the sides and ends of the carriage, the ends of the band beingoverlapped and bolted together as at d or otherwise united. The band dis bolted to the standards d by the bolts d At the top, side bars (1unite the standards d and Within the u-shaped standards, blocks 6, arefitted, through which the axles e of the wheels E pass,tl1e axlespassing also through the standards d and side bars CF, and secured bynuts 6 the wheels E being mounted to rotate on the inwardly projectingends of the axles, a separate axle being provided for each wheel E, andthe wheels being preferably arranged so that their flanges are on theinside of the tread of the rails a, as will appear fromFig. 3.

The safety wheels F are mounted on axles F',which have suitable bearingsin the standards d, as at f, or the wheels may rotate on such axles. Thetreads of the safety wheels F, are spaced from the running wheels E,below the same, a sufficient. distance to receive the rails a betweenthem, whereby the flanges of the running wheels and safety wheels willtravel at the inside of the track rails and engage the same andpositively hold the carriage on the track. By this construction it willbe seen that it will be almost impossible for the carriage to becomederailed. About centrally of each carriage a yoke Gis bolted orotherwise secured byits upwardly extending arms 9 to the band (1, and tosuch yoke there are swiveled forks H, between the arms of which forks isreceived the eye j, of a bail or suspension frame J, which extends downthe sides of the car I, and is secured to the latter. A tie rod K,connects the two carriages of each car, said tie rod being passed'through the fork H and the eye j of the bail firm connection is securedand the strain on J, the ends of the tie bar being threaded to receivenuts 70. An adjustable ,collar 70 is also provided on the tie rod, thefork being clamped between the nut is and said collar.

In practice, the car may be propelled by animal power, or by an electricmotor on one or both of the carriages. The girders B, are in the form ofI-beams, and the flanges thereof at one side are cut away, as at b, toreceive the posts 0. A collar or clip B formed. in flangedhalf-sections, is bolted on each post below the girders, and forms arest or support therefor. The collars may be adjusted to conform to theheight it is desired to place the girders. U-bolts B embracing the postsand passing through the girders, complete the connection of the latter-to the posts.

The brake devices shown in Fig. 1, and let'- tered M, form no part ofthe present invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby-Letters Patent 1. In an elevated railway, a track compris ing alongitudinally ranging beam having a head at its lower end forminghorizontal flanges, and T-rails secured to such flanges at;

T-headsdisposed vertically, keepers passing transversely through thebeam and bearing on the said rails, and bolts or rivets passing throughthe keepers, the rails, and the flanges on the beam, substantially asdescribed.

3. In an elevated railway structure, the combination with supportingposts, of adjustable girders in the form of I-beams, said girders havingtheir flanges cut away at one side to receive the posts, and clamped tothe latter, substantially as described.

JOHN N. VALLEY.

Witnesses:

J. L. MCAULIFFE, O. SEDGWIOK.

